I could have given up then, but I had an idea. I thought I could build a small canal from the sea to thew canoe. When it was filled with water, I'd be able to move the canoe. I didn't realize how difficult it would be until I started work I didn't have suitable tools to move the earth, only my hands. It might have been possible with many people to help me, but I was alone. I would have needed to work for ten or twelve years to manage it.